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Summary:

Magnitude	M 2.8
Region	NORTHWESTERN IRAN

Date time	2009-01-16 at 11:54:45.0 UTC
Location	38.85 N ; 46.6 E
Depth	unknown
Distances	86 km NE Marand (pop 124,191 ; local time 15:24 2009-01-16) 43 km SE Kapan (pop 33,160 ; local time 15:54 2009-01-16) 23 km SW Mincivan (pop 6,353 ; local time 15:54 2009-01-16)
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References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027.

Google maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area

Regional instrumental seismicity

This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.

Regional deadly earthquakes from year 1500 to 2000

Date

Long.

Lat.

Mag.

Death

Location

1550	46.4	38.1	7.1	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1640-02-27	46.3	38.2	6.1	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1641-02-05	46.1	37.9	6.8	12613	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1650-01-04	46.2	38.0	?	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1668-01-04	48.5	40.5	7.0	80000	AZERBAIJAN
1669-01-14	48.6	40.6	5.7	7000	AZERBAIJAN
1671-01-01	48.6	40.6	5.2	many	AZERBAIJAN
1679-06-04	44.7	40.2	6.4	7600	ARMENIA
1717-03-12	46.3	38.1	5.9	700	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-04-26	46.7	37.9	7.4	40000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-09-26	46.3	38.1	6.0	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1727-11-18	46.2	38.0	7.2	77000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1780-01-08	46.3	38.1	7.4	50000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1843-04-18	44.8	38.6	5.9	1000	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1844-05-13	48.0	37.5	6.9	great	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1863-12-30	48.5	38.1	6.1	1000	AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION
1864-01-03	48.3	38.2	?	500	AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION
1872-01-28	48.7	40.6	6.0	118	AZERBAIJAN
1879-03-13	45.5	38.2	?	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1879-03-22	47.9	37.8	6.7	2000	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1879-03-22	47.5	38.2	?	992	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1883-05-03	47.2	37.9	6.2	many	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1896-01-02	48.4	37.8	?	300	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1896-01-04	48.3	37.7	6.7	1100	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1930-05-06	44.5	38.0	?	25	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1930-05-06	44.7	38.0	7.3	2514	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1931-04-27	46.0	39.4	6.4	390	ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG
1968-04-29	44.3	39.2	5.6	61	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
1997-02-28	48.1	38.1	6.1	1100	AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION

Source: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718

More information at:

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Baku, Azerbaijan

Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection Yerevan , Armenia

International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Tehran, Iran

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Armenian National Survey for Seismic Protection, Yerevan , Armenia (NSSP)

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